Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-07

short Gle ers So 350S55 Hams quiet at $I1 25G
IA co. After loon oard-Wheat higher; June
S50S5Hc; July S2S0S3c; August S2380S2zsc;
Septic" Der S30S31sr. Corn steady; June $3.50;
July 37}4 63775. Oats firm and dull
CHICAGO, ILL, May 6.-Wheat market had
bullish tone to dav, although prices fluctuated
rather wildly st times June wheat opened at
S54c, sold rapidly TO S6Sc, then reacted to s524c
again and went up to S614c within the first fif
teen or twenty minutes. There was a heavy
trade by large houses, many of whom are pro
nounced bulls and necessary y buyers. Around
sec wheat held quite steady, but operations on
both sides were quite large. Irwin Green
bought 500 OF of June of George @. Walker &
Co at S60S64c. Walker offered first lot 100,-
600, which was taken by Ware of Irwin. Greer
u Co. Walker teen began running up offer
100000 a. jump until 1t was 500 900 bushels,
which went in on lump at S52s0S6c; a ter that
market dragged little under pounding started
by few big bears The market then fell
of to S5Ac. Shortly after tap of bell for after
noon session the crowd discovered that short
interest was altogether too large and every
body commenced scramble for June wheat;
spot option went from S51ac to $3.50 without
stopping, and just before the close 1t had lit
tie reaction to S57sC, closing firm. Seaboard
aggregated 64,001 bushels; charters for 220O 900
and prices showed little change. Mess pork
was worked up SIC a barrel, W it'll very little
open trading. Lard ruled 5974c
lower. Leading futures closed as l.
lows: Wheat, No. 2, May S3zsc; June S5zsc;
August 84e, Corn, No. ?, May 3s%639c;
pOrk-May ana June $23 90. Lard May Sc ST.;
June So 95; July 81 06; August 81 121f; short
ribs May ST 90; June 81 571a; July 81 65
Cash quotations: Flour steady and unchanged
No spring wheat S325c; No red S3Z5c; No. 2
corn 3SBG3Sl4c. Mess pork S22 00623 50. Lard
S. 75@6 S73a. Short ribs sides (loose) 81 5O0
55; dry sailed shoulders (bo ed S. 9OG6 90;
short clear sides (boXed) 81 9O07 95
NEW YORK, May 6.-FlOur-Market firm with
fairly active business. Wheat-S Jot lots 40lc
higher, but less active; options opened firm
and advanced 15@lc, later ruled weaker and
closed May and June a shade better, later
months }50hc lower; specula iOl quite brisk;
spot No red $3.50 at store, 9714c delivered;
May, 962IG9755c, closing 9624c; June, 9609655c,
closing a. 9615; July, 95sc, closing at 953Sc;
August, 933469414c, closing at 931ac. Com
spot No. 2 1910; elevator 5024c; May, 1870
4S4c, closing st 4S4c; June, 4S7504S4c, closing
at 48@c. July, 49, S49%c. closing at
1880; August, 505EG5O2lc, closing at
5O2sc. Cotfee-Spoi fair; Rio firm at 174c;
options higher and fairly active; sales $4,000
bags; Nav SIS 3O0l5 so; June SIS 3O8I6 60;
July SIS 5O@15 81; August SIS 658l5 80; S D.
TENDER $40 700l5 95; october SIS 1906 J.; |
November SIS S16l6 90; December SIS goa
Is 10; January l6 U0Gl6 05; February Sic 000 |
16 05; April SIC 10, sugar quiet aud steady; fair
to- good refining AZ 645sc: refined steady, fair |
demand. Wool quiet and steady; domestic !
fleece 30@37c; pulled 14634c; Texas 9624c. |
Pork IN changed Lard 4 and points lower |
and dull; spot 81 25g7 so; June 81 2207 IS; |
July 81 1901 81.